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The Twig Published Weekly by the Student Body of Meredith College STAFF Katiierink Bkown muoniii-c'hicf Et.izauktii Kkm)iuck A8s{sia}it-editor-i?i-chief Ci-AiiA Mas Jkssui* Associate cdl/or Ruth Frkkman Associate ccHtor OKUAr.inxK GowKR Associaic editor An.mk Hoi'h Wauii Associate editor Ann Bmza Bkkwki! — Bu-ihiess vutiui(/er Kv!oi,vx Bau:y As$intanl busincsx mauuiicy Ntiss Long - FcieuUy cont.ribii.tor SUBSCRIPTION PRICE .... $2,00 ^ EDITOR^S^ ^ NiH'dless to say, wo all onjoyod llio P^ait' >111(1 the Fair holiday. be sure this is important, and very impor tant, but we must admit that its vahie is dependent to a ecrtain extent on the body and the eare it is given. There must be a healthy body in order to have a healthy mind, To be the best students we must be strong, both m^[;ntally and pliysieally. Physical training is an essential factor in our educa tion of today' Yet if we regard even the pliysical culture we have as “physical tor ture” and continue to say, “Oh, I hate to take gym,” or “No, I haven’t time to play basket-ball or tennis,” what can physi cal training do for us? "We need some healthful diversion in order to meet the heavy strain upon our nervous system. All of us waste enough time during the day, which c(tu!d be ]uit to advantage, if spent in playing tennis or basket-ball. A doctor said: “Athletics and out of door activities are a tonic and a safety valve.” Atlileties jiromnte t5ie betterment ol‘ school spirit as well as the ])hysical weltlare of students. If the girls in eauh class would svipport 1heir team tbrougli tlie friendly rivalry and competition of tlicse c^lass learns, a wliolesome eolh’gi* spirit wtiuld be crealecl. Athletics sliould f)ecui\v a ]>romiiient [ilace in tlie life ot our college and it is hoped that every gii-1 will give the Athletic Asso ciation her active siijiporl. Stunt nighl, that night \vc all so thor- onghly enjoy, is almost liere. It is time to '•sv'.Wv ‘^AYwAvri'isi- right now. Of course, we all want ours to be tlie best, but since only (tne can be “tlie bcsl." let's all Iry to make ours that “best.” The time for Ihe fall meeting of the N. ('ollegiatc Press Association is alreiidy near a1 hand. Jt meets this yeai' with the N. C. ('. W., at Greensboro. Extensive prepai'a- lions ai'e already being made, and it is lioped that the best meeting ever, lies just in front of us. Programs will no doubt l)e sent out at an early date. It is the plan of The Twig staff to place before the Associa tion at this meeting, a request for admittance into the Association. The Acorn is ah-eady a member, but this is the first opportunity given us to make a plea for m.embership, since, at the Iasi convention, at Davidson, last April, The Twig was not then in exist- cnce, We are quite sure that our reqnest will be granted and we hope that we will derive much of benefit and interest for our subscribers by ovu- linkijig up with other X. C. college papers. We hear much about the “Pour Square girl now and definite plans are being worked out to develop the four sides of the college girl’s life and we all are striving to attain this ideal. Most of us are prone to feel that the chief aim of our college career is our intellectual training — the acqujring of knowledge or the training of our minds. To INTERESTING MESSAGE DELIVERED TO GIRLS * tain respect, whatever my own ('onciition in life. with((Ut i-rilicism. for tluKsc women who through life, and for good reasons of their own. reituiin voluntarily nnattachcd. I slionUl not feel myself under necessity t)f marriage. I should ratiier remain luiniarried Ilian he married to the wrong man. even il’ it did give me the privilege of a Mrs. in front of my name. 1 sliould regard a man who practiced the double standard of morality as the wrong man fu' me. I should marry, if at all, for love. But I sliould take eare not to violate eugenics, for 1 believe in the future. I sho\ild not marry a man to refoi'in liim. nor should I reform him in order to marry him. I should be uo man’s doll, but his t^t)iiirade or nothing. If 1 danced at all, it would be only at j>ri- vate dances, )iro])erly chaperoned, and where the music, steps and costuming suggested only beauty and poetry, health and recreation, and which added no sorrow tliereto. T should use cosmetics only when they were an obvitms improvcnu’ut on nature. I should not lament in any respect the way nature had made me, whether with Titian hair, or sun-kissed conn- tenaiice, or both. In my relations to men, I should stand always for the modest rather than the dubious, and when in doubt I wouldn’t. I should stand for spiritual wo manliness rather than the material feminine. I think these relationships are exemplified on the Blue Ridge working staff. I would under no circumstances “reward” a boy’s courtesy to me by granting him a liberty, however in sistent he was, or whatever unpopularity it might cost me. I .should prefer to be the ideal of Venus de Milo rather than the Venus de Medici. I should try to remember that “when woman pursues, man flees; and when woman flees, man piu'siies. ” These same womanly standards I should uphold in re lation to other girls, and try to iuflnencc them to do likewi.se. I should not smoke. Not because I haven’t the same right to smoke as men, because I have, but because it is better for men not to smoke, as a matter of economy and efficiency. My R])eech should eliminate the questionable either in profanity or in vulgarity. My phy sique 1 should treat with respect, as becomes the temple of the living God. 1 .should use dress as an ex|)ression of my |>crsonality. 1 should want the best education my par ents could give me or that 1 myself could earn, in case they could not afford to give me' any. T shotild not want to ask my parents for money after I had finished my education. 1 should as soon think oi’ stealing as cheating in any fashion on examination to get credit. I should try to find the thing I could do best in the world, and do that thing, and 1 .should look to my education to assist me in discover ing my talent. 1 should choose to do that • thing wherever the need of that thing seemedj^ to be greatest. 1 should always help my par-.) VII* n i'll «lViy'“^r«IT”V"C'DTi*i^l lU I'lii- iiiiif't Hi iii|v ability without contradicting the preceding pni'poses. I should try to find “sermons in stones, books in running brooks, and good in everything.” I am sure T should be by nature a Martha, but 1 hope by grace a Mary. 1 should want to be first, a Chris tian; 1 should be a denominationalist .second, but a sectarian not at all. If I became a missionary, I should carry the good news that God loves all His children, not the bad news tliat he dan^ns all those who never heard of Him, which, I think, is contrary to both reason and revelation. I should try to live as a Christian, not primarily to save my own soul after my death, but to help save the lives of others and my own before death. T should nevei’ cease to be grateful for the privilege of being a woman, aiul especially in these days of woman’.s emancipation from all improper re.strictious. 1 sho\dd co-operate in all work making for better eitizenslii]i, and 1 should try to assist in the preparation of wo man for the duties and responsibilities of citizenship. 1 shimld stand for eliminating the conditions of life that impoverish true womanhood and beautiful childhood. And all these things I am sure I should just as little accomplish as even the least effective of any one of this company, But as a part of my ex perience, if I had been born a girl, I should certainly want to be a Martha Washington at Blue Ridge,
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